Car-wheel.



G. LILJA.

GAR WHEEL. APPLICATION yFILED DH1-26, 1913.

Patented Nov: 10,1914.

GUST LILJA, 0F ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

cnn-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 26, 1913.

Serial No. 808,848.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GUsr LILJA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and theState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-VVheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wheels such as are used on light railway vehicles, and more particularly to those known as `hand-cars.

" The object of mv invention is to provide an improved wheel that shall be light and simple in structure, and yet retain a thorough rigidity as to working strains, and edectiveness against frictional losses while in operation. f

A further object is to provide a wheel ywith a three section construction including,

a rim and separate flanges, and to provide a novel means oi connecting same together.

In theaccompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my improved wheel, portions thereof being shown in sec-` tion.` Fig. 2 is an end view of the wheel. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View as taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, showing the manner of connecting the three wheel elements.

The hub 4 is of .metal cast to shape and is formed with a pluralityoil spoke sockets 5 which are threaded to receive the screwthreaded ends of spokes 6, the spokes being of metallic rods. The outer ends of the spokes are formed with enlarged heads, and said outer ends extend through tapered apertures in an inner wheel-rim 7 so that when said spokes are inserted through the apertures of the wheel-rim and are screwed into the sockets of the hubs, the heads of the spokes will limit inward movement ofthe spokes relative to said wheel-rim, this construction allowing the spokes to be screwed tight into the hub to tension the wheel-rim and also to allow adjustment forcentering same, whereupon the lock-nuts 8 on the screw-threaded end of the spokes would be tightened to hold the rim set with the hub. The said wheel-rim 7 is of a width narrower than that of a rail-face, and to strengthen said rim and protect and lock the spokes an outer wheel-rim 9 of equal face width as rim 7 is mounted upon the peripheral face of said rim 7. Bolt holes 10 are then drilled through the wheel-rims transversely and following their joint face, so that when bolts v11 are located therein in a substantially driving fit the two wheel-rims are secured relative to individual rotary movement by reason ofthe bolts being associated with both said rims. These bolts extend beyond each ofthe sides of the wheel-rims, and vmounted upon each bolt extension is a. collar or spacing abutment-12 which limits thespacing of annular ring ianges 13 that are mounted uponthe-extended ends of bolts 'Il andare held securely upon said abutments by the drawing up tight .of the screw-heads of said bolts. -r1`he flanges 13 of fiat metallic structure have their peripheral portions extending beyond the railface of the wheel-rim, the flanges being so spaced apart that there isakgood working clearance between thelir inner sides andthe sides of the carrai It will be observed that the spokes are locked lfrom outward movement and are protected by the outer wheel-rim and are still capable of being adjusted for centering and tensioning purposes; also that the bolts 11 serve several purposesto connect the two wheel-rims from relative displacement, provide mounting for the spacing abutments, and to provide 'mounting for the ring flanges. By the spacing of the ianges from the wheel-rim to "obtain a reduced wheelrim frictional resistances are reduced and `the wheel structure made comparatively light, whilestill maintaining a rigid and well connected structure ias has been above pointed out.

I claim as my invention:

l. A wheel comprising, a hub, spokes adjustably attached to the hub and having their outer ends headed, a wheelerim hav.- ing apertures through which the spokes extend, the apertures being adapted to receive said headed ends to limit inward movement of the spokes relative to said rim, an outer wheel-rim mounted. upon the periphery of said spoke connected wheel-rim, an annular wheel-flange and means associated with and being located intermediate the joint faces of said wheel-rims for locking said wheel-rims from relative displacement and being connected to said wheel-ange.

2.' A car-'wheel comprising, a hub, spokes,

and having the width of its peripheral face Patenten Nov. 10,1914. f

less than the width of the facey of a car-rail upon which it is adapted to roll, an annular ring flange for each side of the wheelrim and each ring flange being spaced from the sides of said wheel-rim, and means for connecting said ring flanges to the Wheelrim.

3. A Wheel comprising, a. hub, spokes, an inner Wheel-rim in connection With the spokes, an outer wheel-rim mounted upon the periphery of said inner Wheel-rim, an annular rail-flange, and bolts extending through the joint face of said Wheel-rims and being extended beyond a side of said rims to provide mounting for vsaid flange.

4. .A Wheel comprising, a hub, spokes, an inner Wheel-rim in connection With the i spokes, an outer Wheel-rim mounted upon the periphery of said inner Wheel-rim, an annular rai1-lange, and meansk associated With the joint face of said Wheel-rims to lock same from individual rotary movement Witnesses. Y

GUST LILJA. Vitnesses:

C. ARTHUR NoRDvALL, CHARLES A. HILLNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, ILC. 

